Legal Opinion
Beadle v. Spencer
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 27, 1936No. 676PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
In this case certiorari was granted to review a ruling of the Supreme Court of California, 4 Cal. (2d) 313; 48 P. (2d) 678, that assumption of risk is not a defense to a suit brought by a seaman under the Jones Act, 41 Stat. 1007, 46 U. S. C. § 688, to recover for personal injuries due to the negligent failure of the officers of the vessel to provide him with a safe place in which to work.
Respondent was employed by petitioner as a seaman on a coasting vessel. While engaged in unloading lumber from the deck he was injured by a fall into an open hatch. On the trial there was evidence from which…
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